If you've not lived outside your own culture, before, the first 6 months or so are usually the hardest - some adapt faster than others. Best not to overprotect yourself with familiar things too much, at least for a time, & realize that cultural differences are also psychological differences and the formation of appropriate habits and not about what you might take to be 'common sense', which is not culturally neutral and not a matter of conformity to some objective standard. When you find yourself obsessed by minor annoyances, chill out & realize you've simply got a way to go before things will begin to fit together comfortably. Minor annoyances will become just that - minor. But zillions of people manage to do it successfully.


The French, Miao and Yi in Mengzi
发布者Yeah, a really interesting account, and it's good that it will soon be available in English, thanks to a local English-native-language translator.
Forecast for Kunming's next subway line: Wait and see
发布者Underground you've got to dodge building foundations, no?
Forecast for Kunming's next subway line: Wait and see
发布者@Alex: yeah, I find that annoying too.
Two days of twin mayhem in southwest China
发布者Some fine photos, and those of the dishes make me hungry.
A brief history of Chinese Labor Day
发布者Nor just a Communist one.